[erlang-questions] Are recursive record definitions allowed?

[Hynek Vychodil]

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Brian Williams <mixolyde@REDACTED> wrote:
> I'm working on some algorithm analysis and am trying to define a
> fairly simple binary search tree with a record definition:
> -record(btreenode, {left = #btreenode{}, right = #btreenode{}, value}).
> I get:
> record btreenode undefined
>
> Should I just not bother to specify the type of left and right and
> just enforce the record type in code?
>

Left term on = is default value. What should be done when you define
#btreenode{}? I think that even all memory available in the universe
will not suffice to declare this term ;-)
>
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